A Belgian para-commando patrols near the office of the prime minister in Brussels, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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Greek police have detained four suspected terrorists, including one who could be the man wanted by Belgian authorities as an alleged ringleader of a jihadi cell, a police official told the AP today. The four were arrested today, including one who "matches the description" of Abdelhamid Abaaoud—the man who, Belgian authorities suspect, was the mastermind behind a dismantled jihadi cell there, the official said. Greek police have sent photos, fingerprints and DNA material to Belgium and are waiting to see whether the person is indeed Abaaoud, the source said.

Two suspects were killed in a firefight and a third wounded in a vast anti-terrorism sweep in Belgium on Thursday that netted several returnees from Islamic holy war in Syria. Federal magistrate Eric Van der Sypt said the suspects were within hours of implementing a plan to kill police. Belgian media reported that investigators were still looking for one man—a Belgian with Moroccan roots who had gone to fight with the Islamic State group in Syria, and was said to be in Greece. Federal magistrate Eric Van der Sypt declined to comment, but expressed "regret that the element of Greece has reached the media."

Turkey caught smuggling weapons to ISIS, al-Qaida WASHINGTON – Turkish intelligence, under the apparent direction of then Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, allegedly has been authorizing the smuggling of arms to al-Qaida cells in Syria, according to informed Turkish sources. The weapons, said to include rocket warheads, were allegedly smuggledin up to seven container trucks under the direction of Turkish Intelligence, or MIT, but were ordered halted by Aziz Takci, the public prosecutor for the southern Turkish city of Adana. According to the hacked documents, however, Turkish intelligence smuggling of weapons to al-Qaida occurred last year and may still be occurring, suggesting that such activities continue to be sanctioned by Erdogan, who now is the Turkish president. One of the drivers, Murat Kislakci, gave a disposition of events, according to the hacked documents. “This cargo was loaded into our trucks from a foreign airplane at Ankara Esenboga Airport,” he said. “We are taking them to Reyhanli [on the border with Syria]. Two men [MIT personnel] in the Audi are accompanying us. Tastekin said the government immediately covered up the entire operation. It went so far as to impose press censorship by having a court in Adana ban any media coverage. Turkey recently has clamped down on press reports, especially those critical of its continued dealings with jihadist radical groups.

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Jan 17, 2015 2:54 PM CST

You reap what you sow when letting these fanatics enter your country after they've been to any Middle Eastern country for Jihad training. When will these country's immigration officials realize this?